The Greedy Bai and the Poor Man: A Kazakh Folktale That Teaches Lessons on Wealth and Honor
On the broad Kazakh steppe, where herds moved with the seasons and a person’s name carried as much weight as their possessions, there lived a bai, a wealthy landowner whose herds were vast and whose storehouses were full. His yurt stood large and well furnished, a sign of his status, and many laborers depended on him for work. Among those
